Improvement in harness-saddles



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HARNESS-SADDLE.

Patented Dec. 7,1875

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HARNESS-SADDLE. Na 170,774, Patented Dec. 7,1875.

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Unrrrnn STATES PATENT QrFIon JOHN w. SOHWANER,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-SADDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170.774, dated December7, 1875; application filed October 23, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. SGIIWANER, of the city, county, and. Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wrought-IronHarness-Saddles, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a top view of the bedplate blank after being outout and punched. Fig. 2, Sheet 1, is a top view of the same after beingstruck up into proper shape. Fig. 3, Sheet 1, is a rear view of thebed-plate. Fig. 4, Sheet 1, is a section of the bed-plate, taken throughthe line a; m, Fig. 3, and looking in the direction indicated byarrow 1. Fig. 5, Sheet 2, is a top view of the seat-blank, showing therib in dotted lines. Fig. 6, Sheet 2, is a longitudinal section of theseat-blank, taken through the line 52 3 Fig. 5. Fig. 7, Sheet 2, is atop view of the seat-plate struck up into proper form. Fig. 8, Sheet 2,is alongitudinal section of the seat, taken through the line z z, Fig.7. Fig. 9, Sheet 2, is a crosssection of the plate, taken through theline v n, Fig. 7, and showing the wooden block applied to it. Fig. 10,Sheet 2, is a view of the back-strap loop struck up into proper shape.

Fig. 11, Sheet 2, is a detail section of the loop,

taken through the line to w, Fig. 10. Fig. 12, Sheet 2, is a detailsection of the bed-plate seat, back-strap loop, and lining-plate. Fig.13, Sheet 2, is a detail section of the same, taken through the line uu,Fig. 12, and showing the back-band loop, the flap, the jockey, and theterret applied to it. Fig. 14, Sheet 2, is a detail section of the same,taken through the line 8 s, Fig. 13.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish wrought'iron harness'saddles,which shall be simple in construction, light, strong, and durable, notliable to accidental breakage, and capable of being adjusted to thehorses back.

The invention consists in the wrought-iron bed-plate, cut out intoproper shape, struck up into proper form, and provided with the holes,the strengthening corrugations, and the recesses for the back-bandloops; in the wrought-iron seat-plate cut out into proper shape, struckup into proper form, and provided with the strengtheningrib, the squarehole, and the countersunk hole, in combination with the bed-plate; inthe salient angles formed upon the side edges of the seat-plate, to bebent down over the side edges of the wooden seat-block, as hereinafterfully described.

A represents the bed-plate of the saddle, which is cut out into theproper shape from a plate of wrought-iron of the proper thickness withdies, and has holes punched in it to receive the check-rein hook,terrets, bolts, nails, and rivets. The bed-plate A is then bent into theproper shape, has corrugations or grooves a formed in it to strengthenit, and has recesses a formed in its end parts to receive the back-bandloop. The hole a for the bolt of the check-rein hook, is made square toprevent said hook from turning. The other holes may be made round. B. isthe seatplate, which is cut into the proper shape from a plate ofwrought-iron of the proper thickness, and has a square hole, 12 formedin its forward part to receive the square bolt of the check-rein hook.The punch that forms the hole 11 is so formed as to leave a burr or lip,11*, upon the inner side of the plate B, to enter the square hole a inthe bed-plate A, and assists in keeping the seat in place upon thebed-plate A. The rear hole b in the seat B is formed with a squarecountersink to receive the square head of the bolt b The rib C isriveted to the seat-plate B before the said seatplateis struck up andpunched. The seatplate B is made with salient angles b at the sides ofits rear part, to be bent down over the side edges of the wooden blockD, as shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9.

In the case of heavy harness, the bed-plate A is strengthened with awrought-iron liningplate, E, similarly formed, but smaller than the saidplate A, so that it may fit snugly upon the under side of said plate A.

F is the back-strap loop, which is formed of a rod of round iron, bentinto U shape, and having its ends struck up flat upon one side, witheyes formed upon them, and with holes nearly through said eyes. The filmof metal at the bottom of said holes is then out out. The ends of theloop F are then secured to the rear part of the bed-plate A by rivets,as shown in Fig. 12. This construction leaves the loop F at its fullstrength at its eyes. G

is the back-band loop, the metal strap of which fits into the recess ain the end parts of the bed-plate A, where its upper part is secured bythe terret H, and its lower part by a bolt. I is the fiap or skirt,which is placed upon the lower side of the bed-plate A, and J is thejockey, which is placed upon the upper side of the said bed-plate A. Theedges of the flap I and jockey J project beyond the edges of thebed-plate A, and are secured to each other. The flap and jockey aresewed to each other before being applied to the saddle, and are thenslipped upon the end parts of the bed-plate A, where they are secured inplace by the terret and bolt that secures the backband loop G, and bynails or'rivets passing 'in shown and described.

2. The wrought-iron seat-plate B, cutout into proper shape, struck upinto proper form, and provided with the rib G, the square hole b and thecountersunk hole h in combination with the bed-plate A, substantially asherein shown and described.

3. The salient angles b formed upon the side edges of the seat-plate B,to be bent down over the side edges of the wooden seat-block D,substantially as herein shown and described.

JOHN W. SGHWANER.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, T. B. MosHER.

